Chelsea could still hypothetically land long-term target Jules Kounde amid Barcelona concerns while Wesley Fofana's £85m stalemate agai...
Chelsea could still hypothetically land long-term target Jules Kounde amid Barcelona concerns while Wesley Fofana's £85m stalemate against Leicester City continues.
The Blues are looking for a new centre-back despite the clever £34million acquisition of Kalidou Koulibaly as planning the club's long-term future is on new Chelsea owner Todd Boehly's agenda.
This was shown not only by Thomas Tuchel's statements, but also by the many acquisitions for the youth team and the academy founded with Inter Milan Cesare Casadei next out of goal We could use another central defender;
if you look at the numbers and that we played with a back three. The profile of the three boys is a bit different, I admit that," coach Tuchel said recently at a press conference.
“We can play with Azpi (César Azpilicueta) who is more of a winger than a centre-back.(Marc) Cucurella, that works too [playing on the side of the back three].
Neither can play as a central midfielder. So we could use one more central defender.
Let's see what happens in .” Since these quotes were published, Boehly and Clearlake have been working day and night to fulfill the dream of signing Wesley Fofana from Leicester City.
Chelsea understand the Blues have turned down two offers that required £85million if the Foxes are to entertain themselves by selling their 21-year-old star at this late stage of the transfer window.
The player himself is starting to get frustrated with the stalemate in less than two weeks and hopefully this one can go all the way.
Can Chelsea afford that risk? They may be able to as the player has been left out of the squad for Leicester's next game against Southampton but that was Brendan Rodgers' decision.Athletic have reported that no third offer is forthcoming at this time.
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